Where is happiness found?

Posted on April 28, 2007 

Filed Under Basil Overton, Devotionals

by Basil Overton
From Seven Score Short Sermons
PO Box 2279, Florence, AL 35630

Happiness is not to be found in unbelief. It is said that the great infidel, Voltaire, said: “I wish I had never been born.”

True happiness is not found in sinful pleasure. Lord Byron lived a life of worldly pleasure and finally said: “The worm, the canker, and the grief are mine alone.”

Money does not bring happiness. Jay Gould was a millionaire. It is said that while he was dying he uttered these words: “I suppose I am the most miserable man on the earth.”

Position and fame do not produce happiness. Lord Beaconsfield had more than his share of both. Yet, he is quoted as having said: “Youth is a mistake; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.”

Military glory cannot make one happy. Alexander the Great conquered the known world. Then he wept in his tent and lamented: “I cry because there are no more worlds for me to conquer.”

Where, then, is happiness found? The answer is simple: In Christ! He said to those who loved him: “In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). If you are not in Christ, you ought to be baptized into him soon (Rom. 6:3). Then you will be truly happy and find the peace which passes all understanding (Phil. 4:7).

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